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Grazia Di Silvestre

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Pattern and characteristics of patients admitted to a hospice connected with an acute palliative care unit in a comprehensive cancer center

2022

Purpose: Information about inpatient hospice activity is limited. No data exist about the pattern and the characteristics of advanced cancer patients admitted to a hospice connected to an acute supportive/palliative care unit (ASPCU). Methods: Data of hospice admissions were retrieved from the database where all data were prospectively collected. The Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale (ESAS) and the use of analgesics and adjuvant were recorded at admission (T0), 1 week (T7), 2 weeks (T14), and the day before death (T-end). The use of palliative sedation and its indication, duration, and drugs end doses used were recorded. The number of hospice deaths, discharges, and hospice staying were rec…

medicine.medical_specialtyPalliative careSymptom assessmentPalliative sedationAdvanced cancerNeoplasmsmedicineHumansIn patientHospiceContinuing carebusiness.industryPalliative CareHospicesCancermedicine.diseaseAdvanced cancerHospitalizationHospice CareOncologyHospice and Palliative Care NursingEmergency medicineOriginal ArticleContinuity of carebusinessHumanSupportive Care in Cancer
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Clinical Care Conditions and Needs of Palliative Care Patients from Five Italian Regions: Preliminary Data of the DEMETRA Project

2020

In order to plan the right palliative care for patients and their families, it is essential to have detailed information about patients&rsquo

Adultmedicine.medical_specialtyPalliative careStreLeadership and Managementlcsh:MedicineNetworkHealth InformaticsSymptom assessmentassessment of healthcare needsArticlestress03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineHealth Information ManagementmedicineInterRAI palliative care030212 general & internal medicineClinical careFrail olderbusiness.industryHealth Policylcsh:RCancerAssessment of healthcare needmedicine.diseaseComorbidityStress.Chronic disease030220 oncology & carcinogenesisFamily medicinePalliative careObservational studyEmotionalbusinessHealthcare
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Central obesity and hypertensionThe role of plasma endothelin

1996

Hypertension and central obesity are two conditions closely linked, but the mechanisms responsible for obesity-associated hypertension are still unclear. In the last few years, several studies addressed the role of endothelin-1 (ET-1) in the development and maintenance of hypertension. This study was designed to evaluate plasma ET-1 in normotensive and hypertensive central obese subjects compared with a lean healthy group. Our final goal was to analyze the relationship between plasma ET-1, blood pressure, and left ventricular structure and function in central obese subjects (both normotensives and hypertensives). ET-levels have been assessed by the radioimmunoassay method in 20 lean normote…

AdultMalemedicine.hormoneMean arterial pressuremedicine.medical_specialtyAmbulatory blood pressureMegalencephalic leukoencephalopathy with subcortical cystsRadioimmunoassayBody Mass IndexEndothelinsVentricular Dysfunction LeftHeart RateInternal medicineInternal MedicinemedicineHumansRadionuclide AngiographyEndothelin-1business.industryStroke VolumeStroke volumeBlood Pressure Monitoring Ambulatorymedicine.diseaseBody HeightObesity MorbidMean blood pressureBlood pressureEndocrinologyEchocardiographyHypertensionBody ConstitutionRegression AnalysisFemalebusinessBody mass indexAmerican Journal of Hypertension
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The use of complementary alternative medicines in advanced cancer patients followed at home

2021

Objectives: To assess the use of complementary alternative medicines (CAM) in advanced cancer patients followed at home. Methods: A consecutive sample of advanced cancer patients admitted to a home palliative care program was invited to participate in the study in a period of two months. Demographic characteristics, religious belief, education level, diagnosis, and socio-economic condition were recorded. Patients were asked about the use of CAM, considered to be a health-related treatment practiced outside the established health services. Information about CAM indications and those who prescribed or suggested CAM were also collected. Results: Two hundred and eighty-three advanced cancer pat…

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